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The 1985 film Out of Africa is based on a series of autobiographical writings by Karen Blixen, a Danish Baroness who lived in Kenya (then British East Africa) from 1914–1931. The film won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay (for Kurt Luedtke) and Best Director for Sydney Pollack.
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- Director/Producer: Sydney Pollack
- Starring: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford and Klaus Maria Brandauer
- Released: December 18, 1985
- Run time: 161 minutes
- Budget:
- 31 million
- MPAA rating: PG
- Based on the autobiographical book by Karen Blixen (as Isak Dinesen)
- Most of the film's narration is taken directly from Blixen's writings
- Streep based her accent on actual recordings of Blixen
- Redford had originally performed his role with an English accent
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Background
Many filmmakers had previously intended to make a film about Blixen, including Orson Welles and David Lean. At one point, Audrey Hepburn had been considered for the role.Though the film is titled after one of Blixen's books, Out of Africa takes material from a variety of her publications about life in Kenya.
The film was shot on location in Africa, in some cases in the actual places where the original events took place and featuring the descendants of some of the individual players.
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Out of Africa on Amazon
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Out of Africa and Shadows on the Grass - $14.95
With classic simplicity and a painter's feeling for atmosphere and detail, Isak Dinesen tells of the years she spent from 1914 to 1931 managing a coffee plantation in Kenya.
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Out of Africa (Modern Library) - $19.95
In this book, the author of Seven Gothic Tales gives a true account of her life on her plantation in Kenya. She tells with classic simplicity of the ways of the country and the natives: of the beauty of the Ngong Hills and coffee tre...
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Out Of Africa: Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack - $18.98
The great irony of John Barry's Academy Award-winning score for Out of Africa (which also took the Oscar as Best Picture) is that it almost never was; director Sydney Pollack had originally envisioned the film with native African mus...
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Out of Africa - $12.98
The most acclaimed motion picture of 1985 stars Robert Redford and Meryl Streep in one of the screen’s great epic romances. Directed by Oscar winner Sydney Pollack, Out of Africa is the fascinating true story of Karen Blixen, a strong-will...
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ESOVISION Relaxation OUT OF AFRICA - $19.99
Come and enjoy the magnificent atmosphere of Africa and experience the sublime pleasure that the combination of natural splendour and beautiful music can bring. This is a special journey that relaxes the mind and soothes the soul. In an inc...
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